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Discussions On The Scared Straight Program - 1,889 words
Discussions On The Scared Straight Program The
recent media obsession with the scared straight
program, juvenile boot camps and other scare
tactics has lead to the question as to whether
they actually are beneficial or not in treating
adolescent criminal recidivism. On television
programs like Maury (Pauvich) the answer to
treating the troubled young girls who are brought
to the show is boot camp. Those in charge take
these girls to prisons, dangerous streets at night
and often morgues to make a visual argument as to
where they will end up as a result of the path
they've taken. They also go through a rigorous run
with drill sergeants to break down their egos. Of
course it only last one day a ...
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Islam The Straight Path - 1,013 words
Islam The Straight Path Islam The Straight Path An
evaluation of the book by John L. Esposito: Islam
The Straight Path. In this book , Esposito
provides a succinct, up-to-date survey of the
Islamic experience, an introduction to the faith,
belief, and practice of Islam from its origins to
its contemporary resurgence. He traces the
emergence and development of this dynamic faith
and its impact on world history and politics. He
discusses the formation of Islamic belief and
practice (law, theology, philosophy, and
mysticism), chronicling the struggle of Muslims to
define and adhere to their Islamic way of life.
Equally important is the essential information
Esposito provides on the contemporary ...
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Straight From The Ceo - 1,198 words
Straight From The Ceo Straight from the CEO A
Review of the Literature (Dauphinais and Price,
1998) The minds of CEO's are, in aggregate, a
tremendous center of power in society. Upon these
minds - how they tick, how they prioritize, how
they view the vectors of change depends on the
transmission of know-how, technology, capital, and
jobs. In addition, as globalization increases, the
socioeconomic impact of their thoughts becomes all
the greater (p. 15). This book provides a broad
cross sample of the global CEO population.
Insightful interviews have been collected, which
contain lessons from both the brawny companies
that have been forced to reinvent themselves, as
well as from some of the b ...
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12 Angry Men - 419 words
12 Angry Men Every man put on trial is considered
innocent until proven guilty. In 12 Angry Men this
theory can almost be considered false to the
jurors involved in this murder case. But one man
can be credited with sticking to the innocent
until proven guilty theory that most likely saved
a man's life. This juror must show 11 other jurors
that he can prove with enough valid evidence that
this boy is be wrongfully accused of killing his
father. Reginald Rose shows us how that one mans
integrity can prove to make a big difference in a
kid's life. Juror #8 can be credited with saving
someone's life. Under intense and hostile scrutiny
juror #8 is the only juror to vote not guilty on
the stabbin ...
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16th Century English Weapons - 1,456 words
16th Century English Weapons 16th Century English
Weapons During the 16th century England and much
of Europe found itself in turmoil and in a
constant state of war. The outbreak of fighting
led to the invention and development of new
weapons and the growth and change of weapons of
old. The development of weapons was a trademark of
the time, with a sort of renaissance, or re-birth
in the field of weaponry (Miller). The technology
was highlighted by the invention of gunpowder by
the Chinese which eventually found its way to
England (Grolier). However, the use of gunpowder
was minimal, because the use of had yet to be
perfected. The technological advancement most
useful during the period was pr ...
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1point A Fixed Dot In Space Or Location - 329 words
1. point- a fixed dot in space or location 2.
line- 2 or more points in a row 3. plane- flat
surface 4. obtuse exterior- an obtuse angle on the
outside of a triangle 5. collinear points- points
that form a line 6. coplanar points- points that
form a plane 7. intersection of 2 lines- forms a
point 8. intersection of 2 planes- forms a line 9.
intersection of line and plane- forms a point 10.
vertical planes- planes that extend vertically 11.
horizontal planes- planes that extend horizontally
12. line segment- line in between to points 13.
ray- line extending in one direction from a point
14. regular polygon- polygon that is equiangular
and equilateral 15. congruent segments- line
segments that ...
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2 Xtreme - 3,708 words
2 Xtreme Tricks to try!: Snowboard Triangle,
Square, X, O Mountain bike X, square, triangle, O
X, O, Square, Triangle Skateboard Triangle, X,
Square, O In-line skate O, Square, X, Triangle Ace
Combat 2 You can do anything you want!: Music Test
Complete the game with a rank higher than First
Lieutenant. A selection for music player mode will
appear in the options menu. Press L1 or L2 to jump
to the next track, R1 or R2 to jump to the
previous track, Circle to select a track, Select
to toggle the screen, and Square, Triangle, or X
to quit. Free Mission Mode Complete the Kingpin
mission. A "Free Mission" option that allows any
mission to be played will appear at the opening
menu. View All Aircr ...
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Desdemona Has Often Been Seen Only As The Innocent Victim Of Malice This View Does Not Do Justice To The Complexity Of Sh - 1,169 words
"Desdemona has often been seen only as the
innocent victim of malice. This view does not do
justice to the complexity of Shakespeare's
portrayal and the play as a whole." To what extent
do you agree with this judgement? Muz Desdemona is
no doubt seen as innocent throughout the play, but
her innocence is brought about as a result of Iago
taking advantage of her sweetness to poison
Othello's mind. As Iago goes deeper into his
plans, the audience would feel sorry for
Desdemona, as she is being falsely accused, and
therefore they would see her as being innocent.
But with close analysis of the text, Desdemona is
not as innocent as one thinks. Brabantio is the
first to misunderstand his own daught ...
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A Comparison Of Biographic Features In The Sun Also Rises And The Great Gatsby - 1,268 words
... doesn't.1) Gatsby is gullible for beliving
Daisy when she tells him she loved him, when it is
clear to both the reader and nick that her only
concern is money and wealth. When she tells him
that she loved Tom too, the words seemed to bite
physically into Gatsby.2) This shows the romantic
idealized views of Gatsby. Hemingway and The Sun
Also Rises Like Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby,
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway contains
autobiographical features that illuminate the work
and add to the meaning of the novel. However, the
plot behind The Sun Also Rises is more exactly
based on actual events in Hemingway's life than
The Great Gatsby was to Fitzgerald's life. Indeed,
the entire plot ...
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A Dolls House Henrik Ibsen 18281906 - 1,280 words
A Dolls House Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) A Dolls
House Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) Main Characters
Torvald Helmer - He is a lawyer who has been
promoted to manager in the bank. Nora - She is
Torvalds wife who is treated like a child by
Torvalds but leaves in the end because of it.
Krogstad - He is the man Nora borrowed money from
to pay for the trip to Italy. Dr. Rank - He is an
admirer of Nora who has spinal TB and announces
his death at the end of the play. Minor Characters
Christine Linde - She is an old friend of Nora who
comes to Nora and asks her to ask her husband for
a job. The children - Nora plays with her children
and treats them like dolls. Setting Helmers
Apartment - The entire play ...
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A Fairy Tale - 1,177 words
A Fairy Tale A fairy tale. Ruby Red, a tale of
deceit By Robyn Smith The winter in Argroutsmere
had always set on early. It was October, all
hallows eve and winter was already here, infact
one of the coldest that this small quaint kingdom
had ever seen. The trees turned to glass, their
branches heavy in a frozen ache, layer upon layer
of feather light crystals had gracefully drifted
and floated from the heavens, to make this land as
pure and white as above. The bear tracks below
filling in slowly, the owner long passed. A
blanket of fleece covered the earth, a barrier
between warmth below and harsh cold above. The
lake was of crystal, jewels hidden in the bushes,
Sharp daggers of ice, hung f ...
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A Grave Decision - 961 words
A Grave Decision A Grave Decision I come to you
today not as a politician looking to say the right
things or as an ex drug users looking to lecture
you on the disastrous effects of drug use. But I
do come to you today as a terribly concerned
citizen of this great nation. As you are probably
are aware of our government is pondering the idea
and is leaning toward legalizing such illicit
drugs as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. There are
those in this nation on both sides of the spectrum
in this great debate. Some believe that the
government should not be able to control what we
put in our bodies and others like myself believe
that the legalization of street drugs could have
irreversible reperc ...
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A Lesson From Oliver - 5,155 words
A Lesson From Oliver by David Jorgensen Like any
other morning I was up at four, the day Oliver met
with his violent death. At four in the morning the
grass is wet. Now, it's still wet at 6 a.m. and
even at seven, and these tend to be the hours of
choice for most people wishing to appreciate the
phenomenon of grass wetness. But it's a tragedy of
economics that, when work starts at 5 a.m., one is
not afforded the same time-options for grass
appreciation as members of the sane world. Nor was
this tragedy confined to my having to appreciate
the wet grass while in a metabolic state more
suited to hibernation. Four a.m. was my only
chance to absorb all of northern Ontario's summer
morning treasur ...
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A Lesson From Oliver - 5,261 words
... had little wish to draw him into this
conversation. I decided to change the subject
quickly. "Coincidentally, yes sir. Why I'm
calling, though, is to inquire about the number of
outboard motors that have gone missing since last
week." "Pardon me?" The tone of his voice took a
sudden sinister turn that sent a twinge through my
bladder. Like the rookie I was, I had made some as
yet unrecognized blunder. I felt the strong urge
to conclude the interview immediately, but it was
too late. He knew my name. He knew my brother's
name. He knew why I'd called. He knew everything.
I'd have to bluff past my own ignorance. "Well, I
was wondering if the police suspected some kind of
theft ring being i ...
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A Little Old Sunday Drive - 312 words
A Little Old Sunday Drive It was a Sunday
morning-- crystal clear skies, sun blazing, just
screaming for a drive in my baby. I walked into
the my garage, filled with paraphernalia of my
car: posters, signs, banners, anything you could
think of just to give my car the half of the
glorious splendor, justice and pride it demanded.
Slowly, I unlocked the door, and slid into the
soft, comfortable leather seats straight from
Italy. Finally, the moment arrived when I turned
on the ignition and the V-8, iron block, water
cooled Cobra Jet engine complete with 3 inch
h-pipe dual flowmaster exhausts, nitrous kit, and
Paxton supercharger exploded with power and
prestige. Pressing the clutch down I threw ...
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A Look At Public Key Encryption - 1,210 words
A Look at Public Key Encryption Encryption is the
process of disguising information by transforming
plain text into gibberish, or ciphertext, which
cannot be understood by an unauthorized person.
Decryption is the process of transforming
ciphertext back into plaintext that can be read by
anyone. Example of encryption can be found in
history, for example in the era of the Cold War,
the Solviet Union and the United States would send
electronic messages to one military point to
another, encrypted. If the enemy intercepted the
message, they would have to crack this message to
get the information. Typically when governments
used encryption they used a very complex method of
encrypting messages. E ...
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A New Forest To Conquer - 1,120 words
... ew forest, the more foreign her home began to
appear. When she would go back to visit her
parents, the places that she used to find familiar
seemed strange; the trees seemed too far apart and
the watchful eye of the predators became more and
more oppressive . Polly stayed very close friends
with Petey while they were apart. Even though they
had gone to new forests, very far from each other,
the nest building techniques they were learning in
their new homes were very similar. They began to
realize that they were finally beginning to agree
on the proper way to build a nest and, despite
their long separation; they finally decided that
they should build a nest together. However, just
before ...
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A Separate Peace: Chapter 1 - 5,644 words
^^^^^^^^^^A SEPARATE PEACE: CHAPTER 1 Have you
ever in your life gone through an experience so
intense, so joyful, so painful, or just so
important at the time, that you could only
understand much later what truly happened? Isn't
it a fact that when we're in the middle of an
experience, we are often unable to think clearly
about it because we're too busy feeling the
moment's thrill or sadness to stop and come to
sensible conclusions? Our high school years are
just such a time: of quick growth and
self-discovery, of forging as well as breaking
friendships, of proving ourselves to others, in
the classroom and on the sports field, and a time
when we want very much to be individuals and to
stick ...
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A Short Story With A Flash Back - 2,060 words
... have some food to take over to Wills please
Ma? What for, I expect his mother has food at her
house doesnt she? replied his mother. Yeah, but we
were going to have a midnight dinner Bobby
answered back That still doesnt stop her from
providing you with food does it? His mother said
looking sharply at him. Bobby looked away, grabbed
his bag, and darted out the door, only to hear as
he got to the gate his mothers voice again. Whats
the big bag for, hasnt she got sheets either?
Bobby pretended not to hear her and ran down the
road towards the fields. Night had fallen and
Bobby found it hard to see in front of him,
listening now and then for Ronald and Will to
speak so that he could tell wh ...
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A Sick Game - 1,297 words
A Sick Game- A SICK GAME Somebody screamed at me,
Vedran, lay down, lay down! When something flew
over my head, it was that bee sound that I had
heard so many times before, only this time, much,
much louder. Somebody was shooting at me and my
sister while we were on the way to the well to get
water for our family. While we were lying on the
ground, the bullets kept flying over our heads. I
asked my sister, Are you OK? Yes Im fine, she
said. But is dad OK? I didnt even know that dad
was there in the first place, but as we both
turned around, we saw our dad lying on the ground
and giving us a sign to stay quiet and down. I
dont know how long we were lying on the dirty
road, but it seemed to me ...
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